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scop-lēoþ

Posted on October 6, 2024 by Hana Videen

scop-lēoþ, n.n: song, poem. (SHOP-LAY-oth / ˈʃɔp-ˌleːɔθ)

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gǣst

Posted on October 5, 2024 by Hana Videen

gǣst, m.n: spirit. (GAST / ˈgæːst)

Medieval manuscript image of a dove, cross-nimbed, wings outspread, descending from the clouds towards the Virgin Mary in prayer, surrounded by saints.
The Dove of the Holy Ghost in a Book of Hours; France (Saint-Omer), between 1320 and 1329; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.754, f. 1r. [ica.themorgan.org]

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gæst

Posted on October 4, 2024 by Hana Videen

gæst, m.n: guest, visitor, stranger. (GAST / ˈgæst)

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geap

Posted on October 3, 2024 by Hana Videen

geap, adj: crooked; deceitful, crafty, cunning. (YEH-op / ˈjɛap)

Medieval manuscript image of a fox wearing a bishop’s mitre and carrying a crozier, addressing a group of various birds gathered before him.
Smithfield Decretals; Toulouse, c. 1300, with illuminations added in London c. 1340; British Library, Royal 10 E IV, f. 49v. [discardingimages.tumblr.com]
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ge-ārian

Posted on October 2, 2024 by Hana Videen

ge-ārian, wk.v: to give honour, to honour; to have mercy or compassion upon someone, be merciful to, pity, pardon; to endow. (yeh-AH-ri-ahn / jɛ-ˈaː-rɪ-an)

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fola

Posted on October 1, 2024 by Hana Videen

fola, m.n: young animal (mainly equine but also the young of camels and elephants). (FOLL-ah / ˈfɔ-la)

Medieval manuscript image of two adult elephants facing one another, one of which stands in water with a baby elephant.
Bestiary; England, 13th century; Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 167, f. 10r. [digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk]
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friþsumian

Posted on September 30, 2024 by Hana Videen

friþsumian, wk.v: to make peaceable, reconcile. (FRITH-SUM-i-ahn / ˈfrɪθ-ˌsʌ-mɪ-an)

Read this month’s Mōnaþ-spell (monthly update) about a holy hitman and a ‘humble’ conqueror on Patreon.

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þole-mōd

Posted on September 29, 2024 by Hana Videen

þole-mōd, adj: of a patient disposition, patient, long-suffering. (THOLL-uh-MODE / ˈθɔ-lə-ˌmoːd)

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sǣ-nett

Posted on September 28, 2024 by Hana Videen

sǣ-nett, n.n: a net for fishing in the sea. (SAE-NET / ˈsæː-ˌnɛt)

Medieval manuscript image of a black, winged devil beside a body of water, holding a fishing rod in one hand and a fishing net in the other, inside of which are two fish and an eel.
Satan fishing in the Sea of the World, Le pèlerinage de la vie humaine; France, 14th century; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.1038, f. 96v. [ica.themorgan.org]

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smolt

Posted on September 27, 2024 by Hana Videen

smolt, adj: serene, quiet, peaceful. (SMOLT / ˈsmɔlt)

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